MADDIN, Guy 1956–

PERSONAL

Born February 28, 1956, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; son of Charlie Maddin (a hockey team business manager); married Elise Moore, August 19, 1995 (divorced, 2002); some sources cite another marriage and divorce; children: Jilian. Education: University of Winnipeg, economics degree, 1976. Avocational Interests: Films, hockey.

Addresses: Agent— Robert Newman, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Director, producer, writer, cinematographer, film editor, sound editor, production designer, art director, and actor. Created an installation piece for Delirious Dreams: The Cinema of Guy Maddin, Irish Film Institute Festival, 2004. Also worked in a bank and as a house painter.

Awards, Honors: Genie Award nomination, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, best original screenplay, 1989, for Tales from the Gimli Hospital; Best Canadian Film Award, Sudbury Cinefest, 1992, for Careful; Special Jury Citation, Toronto International Film Festival, best Canadian short film, 1995, for Odilon Redon; Telluride Festival Award, lifetime achievement, 1995; National Society of Film Critics Award, best experimental film, Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, best short narrative film and video, FIPRESCI Prize, Miami Film Festival, best short subject, and Best Cinematography Award, Aspen Shortsfest, all 2001, Genie Award (with Jody Shapiro), best live action short drama, and special mention, short film category, Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, both 2002, all for The Heart of the World; Best Film Award, Catalonian International Film Festival, 2002, International Emmy Award, arts programming, 2003, and Craft Award nomination, Directors Guild of Canada, outstanding achievement in direction—television, 2003, all for Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary; special mention for FIPRESCI Prize, Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2003, for Cowards Bend the Knee; retrospective of his work presented as Guy Maddin's Enchanted Delirium, Cinematheque Ontario, 2003; Film Discovery Jury Award, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, best director, Genie Award nomination, best achievement in direction, and Directors Guild of Canada, outstanding achievement in direction—feature film, all 2004, for The Saddest Music in the World; work honored in Delirious Dreams: The Cinema of Guy Maddin, Irish Film Institute Festival, 2004.

CREDITS

Film Director:

The Dead Father (short film), 1986.

Tales from the Gimli Hospital (also known as Gimli Saga and Pestilence), Circle Releasing/Cinephile, 1988.

BBB, 1989.

Mauve Decade, 1989.

Tyro, 1990.

Archangel, Zeitgeist Films, 1991.

Indigo High–Hatters, 1991.

Careful, Cinephile, 1992.

The Pomps of Satan, 1993.

Sea Beggars, 1994.

The Hands of Ida, 1995.

Odilon Redon (short film; also known as Odilon Redon or the Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity), Zeitgeist Films, 1995.

Sissy Boy Slap Party (short film), 1995.

Imperial Orgies, 1996.

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs, Zeitgeist Films, 1997.

The Cock Crew, 1998.

The Hoyden, 1998.

Maldoror: Tygers, 1998.

Hospital Fragment, 1999.

Fleshpots of Antiquity, 2000.

The Heart of the World (short film), 2000.

Cowards Bend the Knee, Power Plant, 2003.

The Saddest Music in the World (musical), IFC Films/TVA Films, 2004.

Sombra dolorosa (short film), TVA Films, 2004.

A Trip to the Orphanage (short film), TVA Films, 2004.

Film Producer:

Tales from the Gimli Hospital (also known as Gimli Saga and Pestilence), Circle Releasing/Cinephile, 1988.

Hospital Fragment, 1999.

Film Cinematographer:

Tales from the Gimli Hospital (also known as Gimli Saga and Pestilence), Circle Releasing/Cinephile, 1988.

BBB, 1989.

Mauve Decade, 1989.

Tyro, 1990.

Archangel, Zeitgeist Films, 1991.

Indigo High–Hatters, 1991.

Careful, Cinephile, 1992.

Sea Beggars, 1994.

Sissy Boy Slap Party (short film), 1995.

Imperial Orgies, 1996.

The Hoyden, 1998.

Maldoror: Tygers, 1998.

Hospital Fragment, 1999.

Fleshpots of Antiquity, 2000.

The Heart of the World (short film), 2000.

Cowards Bend the Knee, Power Plant, 2003.

Sombra dolorosa (short film), TVA Films, 2004.

A Trip to the Orphanage (short film), TVA Films, 2004.

Film Editor:

Tales from the Gimli Hospital (also known as Gimli Saga and Pestilence), Circle Releasing/Cinephile, 1988.

BBB, 1989.

Mauve Decade, 1989.

Tyro, 1990.

Archangel, Zeitgeist Films, 1991.

Indigo High–Hatters, 1991.

Careful, Cinephile, 1992.

The Pomps of Satan, 1993.

Sea Beggars, 1994.

Sissy Boy Slap Party (short film), 1995.

Imperial Orgies, 1996.

The Hoyden, 1998.

Maldoror: Tygers, 1998.

Hospital Fragment, 1999.

Fleshpots of Antiquity, 2000.

The Heart of the World (short film), 2000.

Sombra dolorosa (short film), TVA Films, 2004.

A Trip to the Orphanage (short film), TVA Films, 2004.

Film Sound Editor:

Archangel, Zeitgeist Films, 1991.

Careful, Cinephile, 1992.

Film Work; Other:

Art director, Archangel, Zeitgeist Films, 1991.

Production designer, Careful, Cinephile, 1992.

Film Appearances:

Student, Oak, Ivy, and Other Dead Elms, 1982.

Nurse, The International Style, 1983.

Concerned citizen Stan, Survival, 1985.

(Uncredited) Doctor, Tales from the Gimli Hospital (also known as Gimli Saga and Pestilence), Circle Releasing/Cinephile, 1988.

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (documentary), 1997.

Vinyl, 1997, Asylum Entertainment, 2000.

Party guest, Black as Hell, Strong as Death, Sweet as Love, 1998.

Himself, And So to Bed, 1999.

Waiter Joe, Nostradamus, Regent Entertainment, 2000.

Himself, Celluloid Dreams, Asylum Entertainment, 2002.

The Saddest Characters in the World: The Cast of the Saddest Music in the World (featurette included with the DVD of The Saddest Music in the World), TVA Films, 2004.

Television Director:

"It's a Wonderful Life," Sonic Cinema (special), Sundance Channel, 2001.

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (ballet; special), CBC, 2002.

(And cinematographer) Fancy, Fancy Being Rich, 2002.

Television Appearances:

Himself, Teardrops in the Snow: The Making of the Saddest Music in the World, CTV and Independent Film Channel, c. 2004.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The Dead Father (short film), 1986.

Tales from the Gimli Hospital (also known as Gimli Saga and Pestilence), Circle Releasing/Cinephile, 1988.

BBB, 1989.

Mauve Decade, 1989.

Tyro, 1990.

Archangel, Zeitgeist Films, 1991.

Indigo High–Hatters, 1991.

Careful, Cinephile, 1992.

The Pomps of Satan, 1993.

Odilon Redon (short film; also known as Odilon Redon or the Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity), Zeitgeist Films, 1995.

Sissy Boy Slap Party (short film), 1995.

Imperial Orgies, 1996.

The Cock Crew, 1998.

The Hoyden, 1998.

Maldoror: Tygers, 1998.

Hospital Fragment, 1999.

Fleshpots of Antiquity, 2000.

The Heart of the World (short film), 2000.

Cowards Bend the Knee, Power Plant, 2003.

(With others; and story with others) The Saddest Music in the World (musical), IFC Films/TVA Films, 2004.

Sombra dolorosa (short film), TVA Films, 2004.

A Trip to the Orphanage (short film), TVA Films, 2004.

Nonfiction:

From the Atelier Tovar: Selected Writings by Guy Maddin, Coach House Books, 2003.

Contributor of film criticism to periodicals, including Cinema Scope, Film Comment, and Village Voice.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Vatnsdal, Caelum, Kino Delirium: The Films of Guy Maddin, Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2000.

Periodicals:

Artforum International, June, 2003, pp. 156–63.

Cineaste, spring, 2004, pp. 85–86; summer, 2004, pp. 18–25.

Film Comment, January, 2003, pp. 22–23.

Interview, May, 2004, p. 70.

Maclean's, December 23, 2002, p. 50.